ADVOCACY THROUGH DESIGN
May 06, 2019
4 minutes
Text Ricky Ray Ricardo
n 2018 Bangkok was the world’s most visited city for the third year in a row, sitting ahead of London and Paris, which came in at second and third place respectively. Yet in the much-hyped Economist Global Liveability Index, Bangkok scored a glum ninety-eighth place in 2018. It’s this vast disconnect between the city’s high ranking as a global tourist destination and the poor quality of life enjoyed by many citizens that defines the work of Thai landscape architecture practice Shma – a firm that elegantly balances a strong base in high-end commercial work with provocative self-initiated projects that seek to improve the
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